Panty girdle disposable pad



Oct. 29, 1963 B. MAMMAAELLA 3,108,599

PANTY GIRDLE DIsPosABLE PAD Filed April e. 1961 Fig. l,

INVENTOR. BETTY MAMMARELLA her ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,103,599 PATY GHRDLE DESPSABFLF PAD Betty Maniniareiia, 62h W.. ist St, liirdsboro, Fa. Filed Apr. o, 196i, Ser. No. Iltli,l$2 i Stains. (Ci. 12d-m52@ This invention relates to a detachable pad for a panty girdle and, more particularly, to a paper absorbent pad used merely for sanitary purposes to prevent soiling of the girdle, from normal drainage, but which does not replace the well-known type of menstrual, absorbent pad made of cloth.

Since panty girdles are made of elastic material, they can taire only a limited number of washing-s after which they lose part of their elasticity and shape, therefore can no longer be worn. During periods other than menstrual periods, it has been found that there is slight drainage which soils the crotch portion of the girdle, necessitating washing of the girdle merely because of soiling of only such portion. Attempts have been made in the past to solve this problem by providing readily detachable crotches heid on to the girdle solely by snap fasteners. An outstanding disadvantage of such construction is that the snap fasteners provide considerable discomfort when they rub against sensitive parts of the body-another disadvantage being that the construction is expensive and the crotch portion and snap fasteners thereon have to be replaced after a number of washings.

An object of my invention is to provide a readily detachable pad for a panty girdle which is devoid of the above named disadvantages and which provides no discomfort whatsoever but actually provides even greater comfort than the girdle crotch.

Another object of the invention is to provide a panty girdle pad or liner which is disposable and readily attachable and detachable.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a panty girdle pad or liner which can be almost continuously worn at practically no cost and which will avoid the necessity for frequent washes of the panty girdle, thus prolonging the life of the panty girdle manyfold and thus avoiding the necessity of frequent purchases of panty girdles, which are quite expensive.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken with the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a panty girdle having a detachable, disposable pad held by safety pins thereon and embodying the principles of my invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the detachable pad shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side View of the pad shown in FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged, plan view of the crotch portion of the panty girdle of FIG. l showing a modiiied form of fastening means for detachably holding the pad in place.

Referring more particularly -to FIG. 1 of the drawing, numeral l shows a panty girdle having an integral, lined crotch 2, which girdle is of elastic material and of wellknown construction.

ln accordance with the present invention, a pad of very thin, absorbent paper, such as disposable tissues, is made up of a plurality of layers of tissue paper, of the same thinness and absorbency of well-known sanitary napkins or soft toilet tissues, and a plurality of layers may be doubled back or folded upon itself at 7 once, as shown, or a plurality of times to obtain a substantial number of layers to provide an overall thickness of about 1A inch so as to have ample absorption capacity. The pad may be made up of a stack of disposable tissues adhered together by glue or adhesive along peri-metrical portions of the tissue areas to keep the pad as a single Ce a.

2 unit. if desired, the corners may be cut and rounded as shown in FIG. 2. A suitable overall dimension of the is about S long by about 2% Wide so as to fit within the confines of crotch portion 2.

Safety pins 5 may be used to fasten the front and rear end portions of the pad to the inner surface of the crotch portion -that is, by sticking the pins from the outside or inside of crotch portion 2 through at least a portion of the thickness of the pad 4. Thus the pins will not contact the body of the wearer. Other wellknown fastening means than safety pins could be used instead, if desired.

FlG. 4 shows a modification of the fastening means for detachably holding the pad in place in the crotch portion 2. lt consists of four triangular pockets l@ sewn or otherwise attached to the crotch portion and in which the four square corners of the pad 4 may be inserted and held in place, as shown in FlG. 4. The pockets 10 may be of cloth or other suitable material. Thus the pad may he easily and quickly mounted on the inner lining of the crotch portion 2 merely by inserting its corners in pockets l0. And when it is desired to replace the soiled pad with a new one, it is removed simply by withdrawing its corners from pockets i0, which can be done even without taking oft` the panty.

An outstandting advantage of the pockets lil is that they may be readily sewed onto existing panty constructions and do not require special constructions or procedures in fabricating the panty. In fact, the wearer can easily attach the pockets herself. Furthermore, since they are flat and provide no projections, they do not cause discomfort in Wear.

Thus it will be seen that l have provided an eicient disposable pad for a panty girdle and a simple means for mounting the pad so as to enable quick and easy mounting and replacement of the pad-also so as to avoid the necessity of snap fasteners and similar means which rub against the body and cause discomfort; furthermore, i have provided an ehcient means for detachably mounting a paper pad as an inner liner of the crotch portion of a panty girdle to enable easy attachment and detachment thereof even While the panty girdle is being worn; furthermore, l have provided a disposable paper pad of such construction and dimensions as to be readily adapatable as a removable liner for the inner surface of the crotch portion of a panty girdle.

While I have illustrated and described several embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that these are by way of illustration only, and that various changes and modifications may be made within the contemplation of my invention and within the scope of the following claim.

l claim:

ln combination with an elastic panty girdle having a crotch portion, a disposable paper pad comprising a plurality of layers of soft paper tissues adhered together to provide a unitary pad, said pad being of substantially rectangular outline and having a thickness of the order of 1A, four triangular shaped pockets attached to the inner surface of said crotch portion laterally and evenly spaced from the longitudinal center line thereof and arranged to detachably receive the four corners of said pad to firmly and detachably hold the pad in place against lateral or longitudinal displacement within the crotch portion.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,799,147 Brisache Apr. 7, 1931 2,320,408 Clark lune 1 ,1943 2,638,095 Smythe May 12, 1953 2,952,260 Burgeni Sept. 13, 1960 

